“We’ll even throw in a Blaupunkt!”

Going through Philadelphia, Interstate 95 is a dangerous route, especially the elevated portion of it through the Bridesburg section. It gets icier much faster than the PennDOT crews can often handle it. One freezing night, I was driving back from a Ben Vaughn show and watched some nimrod blast past me in a BMW 320i, start pinwheeling on the glazed concrete, and then pinball the car off the dividers on both sides. I thought that if the air wafting from the chemical plants in Bridesburg doesn’t kill you, the nuts on I-95 will, only more quick. Its looks notwithstanding, this used-up 3-series, spotted in the BMW show area during the American Le Mans Series weekend at Lime Rock in July, is most likely not the same one I dodged that night. But it’s had its moments, for sure. For one thing, looks like somebody forgot to shut the driver’s door before backing up.